Instant Impact

The Instant Impact and Instant Impact Plus grants offer funding for joint thematic projects and exchange trips for young people between the UK and Germany. The Instant Impact grant supports first-time taster trips for groups of young people and group exchange trips to revive a school or youth partnership. The Instant Impact Plus grant is for exchanges based on joint thematic projects. The theme or topic of the visit can be flexible, but the visit must contribute to the young people's wider learning or skills development through collaboration, discussion and reflection, and be explored from a UK-German perspective. A language-learning element is welcomed but not compulsory. The visit must involve at least 5 young people (or at least 8 for Instant Impact Plus) and especially those who would not otherwise have the chance to take part. The majority of the time during the visit (minimum of 2 days not including travel, or 3 days for Instant Impact Plus) must be spent on joint activities with a high level of interaction between the young people from both countries.